Nov 21 2007
GUEST: Leigh Ann Caldwell, Washington Editor for Free Speech Radio News
Congress is considering amendments to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) – and the telecom industry is weighing in. Despite a veto threat from President Bush, the House vote to pass changes to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) last week, which denies retroactive immunity …
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Nov 21 2007
GUEST: Gregorio Luke, International Lecturer, Former Director of the Museum of Latin American Art
Forty years after the capture and murder of Ernesto “Che” Guevara, Cuban teachers have significantly reduced illiteracy rates in the Bolivian town of Vallegrande. Che Guevara was buried in an unmarked grave for decades in Vallegrande before his remains were exhumed and …
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Nov 21 2007
GUEST: Nezua, The Unapologetic Mexican
Nezua is a blogger at www.theunapologeticmexican.org: Where Manifest Destiny Goes to Die. Today, he reviews the new film, “Redacted.”
The Unapologetic Mexican is online at www.theunapologeticmexican.org. …
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Nov 21 2007
… about The Columbine Mine Massacre
Produced by Radio Rootz.
Radio Rootz works in public schools to train teens in media literacy and radio production. Rootz Youth analyze and critique the media, and learn how to create news that reflects their voices, issues, and communities. For more information, visit www.radiorootz.org …
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Nov 20 2007
“Take care and be on guard against all kinds of greed; for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of possessions” — Jesus of Nazareth …
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Nov 20 2007
GUESTS: Klee Benally, volunteer with The Save the Peaks Coalition, Howard Shanker, Shanker Law firm
The Ninth Circuit Court has allowed for a review of its previous decision to protect the San Francisco Peaks of Northern Arizona. Located just north of Flagstaff, the mountain had been designated for an expansion of a small privately owned …
Nov 20 2007
GUESTS: Reverend Billy and Savatri D of the Church of Stop Shopping
As retails workers brace themselves for the shopping frenzy called “Black Friday”, some social activists are preparing for “Buy Nothing Day”. Organized as a time to examine the issue of over-consumption, the informal day of protest falls on one of the busiest shopping days …
Nov 20 2007
… about The Plan de San Luis Potosi
Produced by Radio Rootz.
Radio Rootz works in public schools to train teens in media literacy and radio production. Rootz Youth analyze and critique the media, and learn how to create news that reflects their voices, issues, and communities. For more information, visit www.radiorootz.org …
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Nov 19 2007
GUEST: Jeremy Scahill, Independent Journalist and Author of “Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army”
After a two-week investigation in Baghdad last month, the FBI has found that the killing of 14 Iraqi civilians by Blackwater Security in September was unjustified under the State Department’s regulations for private security contractors. They say that …
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Nov 19 2007
GUEST: Freddie Monroe, Hurricane Katrina Survivor
Hundreds of homeless people have camped out in front of New Orleans’ City Hall to protest the lack of affordable housing since the Katrina disaster more than two years ago. Pitching pup-tents, the homeless demonstrators are calling on New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin to address the problems of rental assistance …
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Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis Is Coming To Los Angeles!
Come and hear Varoufakis speak in person on Saturday April 23rd in Pasadena, California, at his ONLY Los Angeles-area event!
WHEN: Saturday April 23rd, Reception at 12 noon, Event at 1 pm
WHERE: Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church, 301 N. Orange Grove Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91103
Yanis Varoufakis of the Syriza Party took the European political establishment by storm a year ago when he was appointed Finance Minister of Greece by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. Varoufakis is an ……
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